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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1877
Page
3
The Warren Mail reports seasonal remarks as Indian Summer nears with harvest notes and tips. Local events include Sugar Grove Fair Sept 14, a North Warren church fundraiser, and a union school expansion call. Also listed are a telegraph office change, a Third Annual Cavalry reunion, theater and concert notices, and business openings in Warren.
Last week judge Wetmore presided with Connely and Acocks. Cases disposed include several nuisance verdicts not guilty with costs, burglary plea Guilty with one year in the penitentiary, and various liquor, larceny, and assault cases settled or jailed. The Grand Jury reported on the Warren County Court House and Jail conditions, recommending repairs, painting, and railroad fence improvements, while praising hospital management and prisoner care.
Geo Fox of Pine Grove died suddenly last Sunday after stumbling while chasing a chicken and falling on a sharp stick. The weapon pierced his abdomen, severed the leg artery, and he died within about thirty minutes despite Dr. Love's arrival. He was about 55.
Rev W A Rankin will lecture before the Young Men's Temperance Union at Good Templars Hall Johnson's Exchange next Friday at 7 pm. The public is invited. Also Lutheran Church service next Sunday evening at 7 with the sermon Learn to understand the signs of our times from Luke 12 54 57.
A stock of Chromes Photographic Views Frames Mouldings and Fittings is offered at low prices by Wit Smiths. R H Johnson states he will continue to buy Rags and related items for cash during the summer.
Personal mentions and notices from Warren County and nearby areas include Nasby’s Sugar Grove address on Sept 14 1877, I B Gara and wife visiting Judge Scofield, and M M Seybolt appointed Brookston postmaster. Other items cover new goods from Geo Ball Co, Dec Mar Jun Sep visiting schedules, a Chautauqua Lake season nearing end, and regional developments in oil wells lighting, schools, and a Penn State fair preview in Erie.
Three wells at Campbell Bros. & Co on the Conewango Creek bank pumped 100 barrels in 24 hours at 550 feet. Williams, Shirley & Co No. 2 on an island flowed considerably and will pump big once tubed. Osmer No. 5 finished last Saturday and pumped 50 barrels in 24 hours. McCoy on Hospital farm at nearly 700 feet has little oil and is being deepened. Struthers on Jackson Run at about 600 feet has tools stuck. Logan begins fifth well on Rankin farm following August Oil City Derrick report.
Drawn for October term of Court commencing Monday the first day at 2 o clock P M, with jurors listed by township including Brokenstraw, Deerfield, Sheffield, Conewango, Pine Grove, Warren, Limestone, South West, Spring Creek, Freehold, Kinzua, Sugar Grove, Elk, Glade and Columbus. Names include Akens, Dunham, Mead, Armstrong, Abbott, Clark, Flight, George, Jaquins, Ramsey, Burlingame, Houghton, Babcock, Walter Smith, Briggs, Marsh, Barth, Carver, Goodrich, Harmon, Rockwell, Baxter, Allison, Card, Chapman, Gaiter, Tuttle, English, Ellis, Green, Holt, Mack, Lassar, McGee, Lean, Yates.
Work on the building advances rapidly plastering is finished windows installed carpenters lay floors finish woodwork painters soon steps and stone sidewalk to follow The structure is praised by locals and visitors after plans show occupancy by late November for December Court in the new room.
The Warren Pennsylvania post office lists unclaimed letters dated Saturday September 8 1877. Names include John Acker H Bassett Patrick Bradley George Constable Jacob Conver James C Collins Jim Davison Mrs Lydia Edwards Miss Ella Freese Harry Foxwell E F Geer Nick Goodrich Sam Graham Dr H W Kelley Mrs Ellen Koonce Thos Knudsen Mrs M J Lacy Mrs Alice McNulty Charles Musgrone North Western Bank C Swanson Jas R Stevenson L H Libby Geo W Tremain. Unclaimed letters not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
An advertisement urges readers to bring their rags to R. H. Johnson who offers cash for rags at current worth. The notice promises continued rag purchases throughout the summer and invites participation.
Will Smith offers a wide stock of mouldings for pictures and other needs at very cheap prices, promising quality and variety for framing and decorative work.
Superintendent Thompson relays a historic note on schooling in 1836 37 when Mrs Benedict taught twelve pupils in a 12 by 14 tailor shop for three months earning 12 dollars monthly with boarding. Textbooks included Kirkham Cabell Webster and Woodbridge. Ink was homemade and geese supplied substitutes for pens. The current schoolhouse in Enterprise dates to 1850 with Marshall Couch of New York as first teacher.
The third annual fair will be held in Titusville on September 25 to 28. President W. B. Benedict leads a lineup of officers including vice presidents J. C. Henderson A. N. Perrin and Francis Schreiner and secretary W. W. Henderson. The officials’ energy promises a fine exhibition with broad attendance possible for Warren residents.
Report from August 31 1877 notes 54 drunkenness arrests 38 vagrancy 2 petit larceny 1 assault 4 selling without license and other cases totaling 238.61 in fines. The notice invites Sept 12 13 14 events plus sale of Remington Sewing Machine and wedding card printing services at the Mart office.
A series of endorsements from scholars and educators across the United States favors Johnson's New Universal Cyclopedia over Appleton's and other rivals. Letters praise its breadth, terseness, and authority, noting richer articles on geography, history, science, and biographical subjects, with several prominent institutions and individuals backing the work. The piece closes with a market notice and a gallery advertisement.
An 1876 Smethport PA notice touts Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia liver complaint and indigestion claiming millions of bottles distributed. It also references Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup and a no cure no pay sales offer from dealers.
The Lycoming Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Muncy, a leading and longstanding firm, defends its annual assessment practice amid published lists labeling it a failing concern. It notes premium notes, cash assets, and past payouts, urging readers to ignore sensational misrepresentations and trust its proven reliability.
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